Re: Let's hide the bicyclists behind parked cars. What could go wrong?

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 1/13/2025 11:52 AM, cyclintom wrote:

On Thu Jan 9 18:05:50 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 1/9/2025 2:17 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

"Protected" bike lane hazard lawsuit:
 
https://komonews.com/news/local/cyclist-green-lake-neighborhood-king-county-superior-court-aviv-litov-26-years-old-bike-lanes-life-altering-injuries-strittmatter-firm-configuration-tesla
 

I?m unconvinced by such designs seems asking for trouble and and attempting
to please everyone ie compromise the cycleway for car parking, I?m guessing
nice wide junction with no attempt to slow cars down let alone control it?

 
If you're talking about that particular crash, it happened at a parking
lot. "A lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court claims Aviv Litov,
26, was riding on Green Lake Drive North last June when a Tesla SUV
turned into a protected bike lane to access a parking lot."
 
So no, not a "nice wide junction." Cyclists hidden from view are at risk
of collisions at every driveway as well as every parking lot and street
intersection.
 
But of course there are people like Mike Francisco, quoted in the video
and article, for whom "Any bike facility is a good bike facility."

 
 
 
 
Where are cyclists "hidden from view"? A car of any sort STILL has to
pass a bike to turn into a driveway of any sort in order to hit the bike.

 
Hiding a bike lane behind a line of parked cars absolutely makes the
cyclists much less noticeable. They are hidden from view. How is this
not obvious?
 

It is this is just I’m making the argument because Frank says otherwise!

Which to be fair he’s not the only one but it’s beyond tedious!

Roger Merriman